Garment hanger



' Sept. 21 1926.

' E. LEVNE GARMENT HANGER Filed August 21, 1925 INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

' ns'rnna LEVINE, or? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed August 21, 1925. Serial No. 51,653.

rious determinate points to insure that the.

garment, when applied to the hanger, shall remain in fixed relationthereto until it 1s to be removed.

The improved garment hanger'comprises a hanger proper and spring pressedclamping members cooperating therewith, the clamping members beingrelatively adjust able so that they may be moved to engage any desiredportion of the garment, and cooperating with the hanger proper undersuflicient stress to hold the garment in fixed relation withoutliability of marring or otherwise injuring the garment.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which ig.1 is a view in elevation of proved garment hanger. I

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the clamping bars with a clampingplate shown thereon in elevation. i

The improved hanger comprisesa hanger proper including a bar 1 of theappropriate arcuateform, and a fixed upstanding hook 2-by which thehanger may be supported the im- .from any convenient support. Clampingbars 3 of wire or the like are provided in U-form to overlie\thesections of the bar 1 on each side of the hook,' the inner ends of theclamping bars being pivotally mounted upon a in 4-, fixed in the hook"at an appropriate eight. The clamping bars have their side members 5spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness or width of the barl,and have a clamping section 6'which extends substantially in parallelismto thebar 1, from the inner end of which clamping section the clampingbars incline upwardly as at 7 to their pivotal mounting onthe pin4.Clamping plates 8 are slidably mountedpn the clamping sections 6 of the4 clamping bars, these plates being shaped to fit the upper edge of theclamping bar 1 and have their end edgie's formed into sleeve-liketerminals 9' to' s dably embrace the side rods of'the clamping sectionof each clampthe hanger in such fixe ing bar. The lower or operativeface of the clamping plates 8 may, if desired, be provided with anyprotective material, such as cloth or the like. Spring strips 10 aresecured to-the hook abovethe clamping bars and project in bothdirections beyond the hook to overlie and bear *upon the clamping barsto normally hold the latter i h clamping cooperation with the hanger bar1.

In the use of the hanger with a garment having the usual neck andshoulder portions, the garment is centered on the hanger bar 1 and theclamps8 adjusted on the clamping bars. to engage the shoulder portionsof the garment and thus hold the garment in fixed relation to the hangerbar under the tension of the spring 10. In that type of garment havingstraps to represent the shoulder portion, the stra s are adjusted to thehanger bar and the c amping plates adjusted longitudinally of theclamping bars to engage the straps. Thus the arment of either form ma bereadily hel by d relation thereto as to "prevent slidin or slipping ofthe garment in the ban ling or movement of the hanger, therebypreventing strain upon the garment or upon any ornaments appliedthereto. v

I claim I j A garment han er comprising a ri id; hanger bar, and a 00kmember secure to and projecting therefrom, clamping bars pivotallymounted on" the hook, each comprising parallel sections spaced a art adistance exceeding the width of t e hanger bar, each clamping bar for aportion ofits length from the free end being extended in parallelismwith the hanger bar, the remainmg length of each clamping bar inclininupward y from the ban er barto the hoo member, a-slide on the freeportion of each clamping bar including a plate to overlie and beardirectly' upon' the upper surface of the hanger bar, and spring membersrigidly connected to the hook above the hanger bar and terminall bearingupon the inclined portionof each hanger bar to maintain the slide incontact with the hanger bar" In tOStimOII y 'WhQI'COf I aflix mysignature.

ESTHER LEVINE,

